Slack take-up for electric conductor cords



July 4, 1933. c SCHLABURG 1,916,937

SLACK TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR CORDS Filed Dec. 27, 1929 -Patentecl July 4, 1933 P ENT OFFICE CHARLES SOHLALBURG, or AKRON, OHIO sLAoK ,TAKE-UP FOR ELECTRIC connuo'ron oonns Application filed December 27, 1929. Serial naaizolcy This invention relates to electric conductor cords and to improved means for taking up slack in said cords while'the same are in use.

While intended for use generally wher everit may be advantageously applied, the invention is particularly designed for use in connection with a conductor cord of an electrically operated flatiron' I It is well known that the conductor cord on electric fiat irons causes considerable annoyance when the same is in use, as the portion of the cord adjacent the iron remains I on the ironing board ortable and interferes with the proper manipulation of the iron.

Many spring operated devices have been designed to take up slack in the cord and maintain the same in a relatively taut condition. These devices have been relatively complicated and generally unsatisfactory.

It is an object of this invention to provide simple, inexpensive means for taking up the slack in such cords while the same are operatively attached to an electrically heated or operated device. v

A further object is to provide a slack takeup attachment for electric cords which may iron or other electrically operated device.

An additional object is to provide a weight of soft flexible rubber having a bore extendingtherethrough to receive an electric con ductor cord whereby the same will be yieldably held on the cord by the inherent nature of the material wherebythe same may be conveniently moved to any desired position on the cord and held in a relatively fixed position by the binding action of the material.

40 -A still further object is to provide a weight of the class above indicated which may be positioned on an electric conductor without removing the terminal connection.

The above objects are accomplished and 4 additional ends are attained by the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein I have shown a preferred form of the invention, it

being understoodthat the invention is capaportion of an electric conductor cord having 1 ble of various adaptations and that changes and modificationsniay be made or resort had 7 to substitutions which come Within the scope of the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawing'like characters of reference are employed to denote like parts as the same may appear in any of the several views and in which 'Figure 1 is a side ele'vational view of a a slack take-up device constructed in accordance with this invention operatively attached thereto, V

Figure 2 is a cross sectional view of same taken as indicated by the lines 22 of F ig ure 1.

Proceeding now to a detailed description of the invention with reference to the particular adaptation thereof disclosed in the drawing, the numeral 5 is used generally to denote an electric conductor cord which consists of insulated conductor wires 6 and 7, covered with a flexible protecting sheath.

The numeral 8 denotes a weight which in the adaptation of the invention illustrated is in the forniof a sphere having a bore 9 extending diametrically therethrough. The sphere 8 is preferably composed of relatively soft elastic rubber and the bore 9 is adapted to snugly receive the cord 5. The bore 9 is 89 preferably formed of a diameter smaller than .the diameter of the cord on which it is to be used whereby the walls of the bore 9 will yield to receive the cord 5 and the inherent elasticity of the material will yieldably hold the 35 sphere 8 in a relatively fixed position thereon. While a sphere composed of elastic material I having a bore extending therethrough will form a completed device, in the drawing I have shown a sphere having a radial cut 10 extending from one side thereof to the bore 9 whereby the walls of the cut lO may be spread apart and a cord 5 entered into the bore 9 without removing the terminal connections ordinarily attached to an electric conductor cord. u I

A second bore 11 extends through the sphere 8 in spaced relation to the bore 9 at a right angle thereto on a cord intersecting the cut 10 at a right angle. The bore 11 is en-' I trically operated device at a point which will be positioned between the table on which it is used and the terminal socket to which it is connected. The sphere 8 forms aweight which will at all times exert a pull on the cord 5 and take up the'slack of the portion thereof which is positioned on the table ad jacent the electrically operated device.

VVhenthe cut 10 and the bore 11 are omitted the sphere 8 is positioned on'the conductor cord by threading the cord through the bore 9. If desired a tapered tube may be forced through the bore 9 to employ the same, the cord 5 placed through the tube and the tube withdrawn leaving the cord 5 positioned in I the bore 9.

Having thus illustrated lny'invention and described the same in detail, what I. claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- ,ent is 1. In a device of the character described,

,a spherical body of relatively soft elastic rubber, said body having a bore extending diametrically therethrough and having a radial cut disposed longitudinally of said bore and extending from one side thereof to said bore, the walls of said cut adapted to be forced the same in a closed position. 2. In a device ofthe character described, a

her, said body having a bore extending diametrically therethrough and having a radial cut disposed longitudinally of said bore and extendingfrom one sidethereof to said bore, the walls of said out, adapted to be 'apart to.position the body on a cord and 'HlBlIlS operable .to close said out and hold spherical body of relatively soft elastic rubforced apart toposition the body'on a cord,

said boclyhavinga bore extending-therethrough transversely of said out and a bolt positioned in the last named bore said bolt operable to hold saidcut in a closed position.

I In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

' CHARLES ,SGHLABURG. 

